Yes, but the option exists. On June 15, 2014 1:53:17 PM PDT, Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 12:56 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> You can link against vdso.so if you want to; the kernel build >provides an option to install that image. Doesn't mean that any >particular libc uses it. > >I'd be rather surprised if anyone does this, given the generally >spotty state of vdso.so installation and that there's no such thing as >an ELF import library. > >Also, the vdso's clock_gettime isn't actually compatible with >glibc/POSIX -- the return value and errno handling don't match. > >--Andy -- Sent from my mobile phone. Please pardon brevity and lack of formatting. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
